Also called 🐚︎ shellbark hickory,
although do not confuse with sister-species
🐚︎ shellbark hickory Carya laciniosa,
which is also called that.
The word hickory comes from Algonquian.
Part of
hickory/pecan genus Carya
in
butternut/hickory/pecan/walnut family Juglandaceae
in
bayberry / beech / birch / oak / walnut order Fagales.
Native to eastern 🇨🇦 Canada, and 🇺🇸 USA central and East.
🗺 Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48),
🗺 map (North America, Central America), 
🗺 today + with climate change (eastern 🇺🇸 USA).
Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)
Nuts are edible. Its 🪵 wood makes great 🪓 tool handles.
Carya hosts caterpillars of 231 species
of butterflies and moths, in some areas.
Only mature trees have bark in ║ thick rigid shaggy gray vertical strips, barely attached.
This tree produces a
☠︎ toxic[?] substance juglone that prevents some plants from growing under or near them,
although a lot less than produced by cousin-species
◼︎ eastern black walnut Juglans nigra.
Plants native to North America that are resistant to juglone (scroll down).
Our local Wild Ones chapter says that if you are planning to plant a hickory, your hickory will be happier if you choose: